so, all kinds of statements are coming out about what has been said behind closed doors and boldly enough, some statements made in public interviews. i’ve always had a curiosity as to what is a good response for people who you like and people who supposedly like you, when they say something very off-handed about one as a person of color.

recently, we’ve heard a few statements from “friends” of president obama. funny thing is, when speaking of the current pres. those making statements refer to him as “this guy.” i guess that would be much better than some other socially unacceptable term, i guess. anyhoo, bill clinton has been quoted as saying, “a few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee”, harry reid has been quoted as commenting on why the pres. was/is a good candidate for pres., “light skinned” with “no negro dialect” – except, of course when he wants it. and of course there’s thehair rod blagojevich, who says, “I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived,” Blagojevich said. “I saw it all growing up.”

one can read into any of what has been said and choose to be offended. is it worth it? it’s all distractions and has the potential to keep one from being focused on what really matters. what i have learned to do is let actions speak for who i am. i’ve heard all types of dumb head statements in my day. my response is much different from what it once was and those crazy statements, comments, opinions, etc., just seem so laughable at times.

re: dialect (harry reid) – whether one has a dialect of sorts or not, it has no bearing on whether the person is capable and intelligent

re: this guys getting coffee (bill clinton) – well, quite a few years back, fetching coffee would have been one of the few options, BUT NOT ANYMORE!!! thank God, we’ve come a long way baby! because of our progression (tongue in cheek) we can choose to be someone who pours coffee or leader of the free world. the choices we have are endless…unlike way way way way way back in the day

re: thehair rod blagojevich’s comment – well, let’s see, i did not know that shining shoes, living in a small apartment, having a business in a black community and “having seen it all” constitutes being black. i’ve been a brown person all my life and those factors that the hair rod was talking about are such old stereotypes that he sounds as stupid as his hair looks. no one, brown person or otherwise, is ever synonymous with where they come from. or even their socioeconomic status or even their occupation. so, as i go into my closet and shine my 3 inch stilettos while i munch on a chicken sandwich and satisfy my craving of watermelon, i will remember that in this lifetime of mine, i will “see it all” and hear it all and it won’t mean a hill of pinto beans and corn bread to me. (yes, i laugh as i say this but i really really am craving watermelon. really)

re: being offended – no need to be! choose not to be! really, there is no need to get all up in arms because it certainly can’t change the value of one as a human being. i’m just sayin…

now i’m pretty sure that lots of other politicians, friends of the pres., friends of mine, and heck, maybe even friends of yours, may have said some off-handed things as we’ve come through this really really hot political season. in fact, i’m surprised at quite a few things i’ve heard come out of some folks mouths, however, sometimes, stupid is as stupid says. we have all said some really stupid stuff and after it has flowed from our lips, we wish we could take back. i’m just saying

yes, the winner is him. you know him. the guy claiming to not give us another 8 years. the guy claiming that he is not like that other guy, you know the other guy…the one currently in office. the guy that says he is going to pull us out of this bad economy. the one who is going to do something about the direction this war is heading into or not. the one that says he can reach across the aisle. the one who says that he cares about everyday citizens. the one who says that he picked his running mate because his running mate has got the “stuff” to help him lead this country. the one who says that we are going to turn this country around. the one who has attracted all kinds of people to his rallies for various reasons. the one who has convinced you to “vote for me“. he is the one the people will have elected come tomorrow night (unless it runs over…again). it better not run over this time cuz people are ready to party!!! whoo whoo!!! i think people are going to party anyway even if their candidate does not win. ya know. people are ready for this to be ova!!! (as she laughs). so we will all be cheering or disappointed to find out that he and he are president and vp or he and she are president and vp.

this was a historic election process. it was actually kind of fun in a weird sord of all riled up and heated up debate kind of way.

did anyone get the sense that we all got a chance to see and hear some deeply hidden, i never meant to say that out loud kind of, ooooooooooh i may actually be a bit judgemental kind of, whoa where did those words come from kind of, i’m not as apathetic and couldn’t care less as i may have projected all these years kind of a person.

strangely enough, all this hullabaloo was actually good for our country for a few different reasons. this election process has stirred up conversations that needed to come up a long long time ago. now we all get to deal with some long ago emotional baggage. yo people, open up that closet and let the emotional baggage fall on out. fortunately it opened up some minds and expanded some relationships. unfortunately, it strained some others. however, i hope that the strain that it has caused on some folks will provoke them to deal with some things. so i sit here for a second laughing because the song that just came to mind was that old michael jackson and other artists song, remember it …”heal the world”. okay, the song itself was corny as all get out but for some reason i thought of it. not a fan of the song but hey, i’m just saying. listen to the song. it’ll either may make you cry or think a little deeper about something other than yourself, myself, him, her, pres., vp, pant suits, hair bun hair-do, brown man, old man, democrat, republican, right, left, independent, whatever. it’ll give you a bit of a break from all the political tension and perhaps you can think human for a moment.

in four years, we’re going to see another level to the whole election process. better voting machines…i hope. good grief, it is the 21st century. i sooooo bet that there will be at least three women in the initial process (primaries) running for commander and chief. what!?! that would be like so 21st century people.

you guys know that the polls are, well, ummm what the hay what is the point of them…the polls that is. we keep hearing all the poll projections and who is up in what state by whatever percentage points and such. come on. the most important poll is on election day when we all get our butts in a voting booth. is money being spent on the extreme amount of polls being taken? for real? that much money huh? perhaps i don’t understand why and what they (polls) are useful for because anything can happen far different from the polls, but hey, i’m just saying.

so, yeah, i’m going to vote for him. he might win. but then again he night not. who knows.

taking a pause for what cause? be-cause i wanted to. okay so that was funnier in person. so anyhoo, i have not written since forever ago. actually i’ve thought about writing, thought out the words and posted. then i realized it was all in my head. i’ve been lazy. disinterested. lazy. hesitant cuz i think my words would have revealed my sharp edges. me sharp edges. unnn unnn. (as she smirks)

lemme me see, we are in the most tiresome political season and it seems like it has been going on far too long. or is it that i have cared to listen to primary, after debate, after campaign ad, after snl spoof. LET’S VOTE ALREADY!!! november 4th can’t come too soon. whether you vote for the old guy whose partner is the new chick warrior on the scene or the charismatic young guy whose partner can go for a good verbal toe to toe. hmmm, who to choose. who to choose. listen folks, look at whose policy resonate with you most (not based on pressure or another’s opinion of what party you should belong to…ya know). vote your choice. we’re free to do so in this great u.s. of a. (patriotic music swells) land of the free, home of the brave! stand in line on november 4th, no matter how long it takes and make sure you plug a vote for the team that’s the lesser of two evils, the one with the strongest policies or not, the team that will be able to clean up and put in the hard work, the team that lasted through this hard fought political campaign, dog gone it i’m tired of hearing it all let’ rock the vote…woohoo!!! (i crack myself up)

enough with the politics. it has been fun though hasn’t it? it’s been fun to see how excited and spirited conversations are amongst the people in america. young, old, in between, across all social economics, citizens and immigrants. i like to see and engage in spirited conversations where people express themselves and take a lookat a different point of view, consider it and stand firm on they believe in. i believe there has been an atmosphere created for young people (me included:) to stand for something more than being overly spoiled and getting something for nothing. i think it’s important for us to teach our children to “stand for something or they’ll fall for anything”. hmmm, stand for something, that could be al little dangerous if not checked or explained, don’t cha think? so make sure you go into a little detail when telling someone that quote.

anyhoo, it’s kind of fun watching my five year old try to grasp some of what is going on with all this politic stuff. he even knows just a tad bit aobut who is who. i ask him “who is our president” and he says, “George bush”. check. i ask, “who are the guys running to be president? he says, john mccain. and then i ask him who the other candidate is and he says “barack obama” (he had to think a little about both guys because he is not into it as much as mommy, but he had it down for the most part. of course i guess it helps him to constantly hear the news channel blaring every political event in our house. then he looks at me with a very quizzical look and asks, “so, is barack obama still our president?” hmmmm

caption: “wait until we get outside, im gonna mop the floor up with you. now turn around and smile for the cameras doggoneit”

anyhoo, wouldn’t it be cool to hear a conversation between obama and mccain when they’re not being polite. here’s my version – obama: “dude listen, my policies will work and i don’t care what you think of my inexperience. don’t you know that 4osomething is the new age of wisdom”. so sit yourself down and let me show you how it’s done. i’m telling you eight years is enough. mccain: you think you’re something with your charisma and popularity and idealism. i’m the real voice of reason and wisdom and all the joe six packs, joe the plumbers and all those guys are gonna strap on their combat boots and beat the heck out of what happened over the last eight years, cuz i’m not george, you hear me!” (yes, i do think i’m a funny. even if i’m the only one laughing)